Raspberry Pi's VC4 Driver Picks Up ETC1, Fragment Shader Threading In Linux 4.10

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Raspberry Pi's VC4 Driver Picks Up ETC1, Fragment Shader Threading In Linux 4.10

The Linux 4.10 features so far continue to be expanded with the Broadcom VC4 DRM driver most notably used by Raspberry Pi hardware picking up some new functionality...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=VC4-DRM-Linux-4.10-ETC1-FS

[Nille]

Is this driver usable? Or it is still a work in progress and only for devs and testers?

[cRaZy-bisCuiT]

So it would be possible to play OpenSource Games on it afterwards if you compile them by yourself? What else is the intention of having 3D Support on ARM!?

[Nille]

What else is the intention of having 3D Support on ARM!?

Modern UI's?